IP Library Granted Patent US 9,313,653
Granted Patent B2
US 9,313,653 · App. 13/425,769 · Granted Apr 12, 2016

Information processing device, server device, data communication system, data communication method, and computer-readable storage medium storing data communication program

Inventor: Masato Kimura (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
H04W8/245H04W68/005H04W76/02H04W84/047
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Patent No.
US 9,313,653
App. No.
13/425,769
Granted
Apr 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example mobile terminal is a terminal for transmitting and receiving data to and from a server device via an access point by wireless communication. The mobile terminal includes an identification information storage unit configured to store a terminal ID, a signal receiver configured to receive a broadcast signal containing a plurality of terminal IDs transmitted from the server device via the access point, an ID determiner configured to determine whether or not any of the terminal IDs contained in the received signal corresponds to the terminal ID of this mobile terminal, a connection requester configured to, when the ID determiner determines that one of the terminal IDs corresponds to the terminal ID of this mobile terminal, request a wireless connection to the access point, and a data communicator configured to transmit or receive data to or from the server device via the access point by wireless communication.

Claims (55)

1. An information processing device for transmitting and receiving data to and from a server device via a relay device by wireless communication, comprising:

an identification information storage unit configured to store terminal identification information for identifying the information processing device;

a signal receiver configured to receive a broadcast signal containing at least one piece of terminal identification information transmitted from the server device via the relay device;

a determiner configured to determine whether or not any of the at least one piece of terminal identification information contained in the signal received by the signal receiver corresponds to the stored terminal identification information;

a connection requester configured to, when the determiner determines that one of the at least one piece of terminal identification information corresponds to the stored terminal identification information, request a wireless connection to the relay device; and

a data communicator configured to transmit or receive data to or from the server device via the relay device by wireless communication.

2. The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein

the signal receiver receives the signal in a state before an authentication procedure and a connection procedure are executed between the information processing device and the relay device.

3. The information processing device of claim 2 , wherein

the signal receiver receives the signal in a synchronization scheme.

4. The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein

the signal receiver receives the signal containing a command to request a wireless connection to the relay device, and

the connection requester requests the wireless connection when the signal contains the command.

5. The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein

the data communicator uploads data to the server device via the relay device.

6. The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein

the data communicator downloads data from the server device via the relay device.

7. The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein

the signal receiver receives a plurality of pieces of the terminal identification information, and

the determiner determines whether or not any of the plurality of pieces of terminal identification information corresponds to the stored terminal identification information.

8. The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein

the stored terminal identification information is used to identify a specific information processing device.

9. A data communication system in which data is transmitted and received between a server device and an information processing device or devices via a relay device by wireless communication, wherein

each of the information processing device or devices includes

an identification information storage unit configured to store terminal identification information for identifying the each of the information processing device or devices;

a signal receiver configured to receive a broadcast signal containing at least one piece of terminal identification information transmitted from the server device via the relay device;

a determiner configured to determine whether or not any of the at least one piece of terminal identification information contained in the signal received by the signal receiver corresponds to the stored terminal identification information;

a connection requester configured to, when the determiner determines that one of the at least one piece of terminal identification information corresponds to the stored terminal identification information, request a wireless connection to the relay device; and

a data communicator configured to transmit or receive data to or from the server device via the relay device by wireless communication, and

the server device includes

an identification information storage unit configured to store additional terminal identification information for identifying the information processing device or devices;

a signal transmitter configured to transmit, via the relay device, a broadcast signal including at least one piece of terminal identification information extracted from the additional terminal identification information; and

a data communicator configured to transmit or receive data to or from the information processing device or devices via the relay device by wireless communication.

10. A data communication method for transmitting and receiving data between a server device and an information processing device or devices via a relay device by wireless communication, the method comprising:

a signal transmission step of causing the server device to transmit a broadcast signal containing, at least, at least one piece of terminal identification information extracted from at least one piece of previously stored terminal identification information for identifying the information processing device or devices, via the relay device;

a signal reception step of causing the information processing device or devices to receive the signal from the server device via the relay device;

a determination step of causing each of the information processing device or devices to determine whether or not any of the at least one piece of terminal identification information contained in the signal received in the signal reception step corresponds to the previously stored terminal identification information for identifying the each of the information processing device or devices;

a connection request step of causing each of the information processing device or devices to, when the determination step determines that one of the at least one piece of terminal identification information corresponds to the previously stored terminal identification information for identifying the each of the information processing device or devices, request a wireless connection to the relay device; and

a data communication step of causing the information processing device or devices and the server device to transmit or receive data via the relay device by wireless communication.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a data communication program for transmitting and receiving data to and from a server device via a relay device by wireless communication, the program causing a computer to execute:

receiving a broadcast signal containing at least one piece of terminal identification information transmitted from the server device via the relay device;

determining whether or not any of the at least one piece of terminal identification information contained in the received signal corresponds to previously stored terminal identification information for identifying an information processing device;

requesting a wireless connection to the relay device when it is determined that one of the at least one piece of terminal identification information corresponds to the previously stored terminal identification information for identifying the information processing device; and

transmitting or receiving data to or from the server device via the relay device by wireless communication.

12. The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein the received broadcast signal contains a plurality of terminal identification information transmitted from the server device.

13. The data communication system of claim 9 , wherein the broadcast signal transmitted from the signal transmitter of the server device contains a plurality of terminal identification information.

14. The data communication method of claim 10 , wherein, in the signal transmission step, the broadcast signal transmitted from the server device contains a plurality of terminal identification information.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the received broadcast signal contains a plurality of terminal identification information transmitted from the server device.

16. An information processing device for transmitting and receiving data to and from a server device via a relay device by wireless communication, comprising:

an identification information memory configured to store terminal identification information for identifying the information processing device;

a signal receiver configured to receive a broadcast signal containing at least one piece of terminal identification information transmitted from the server device via the relay device;

a processing system, including a processor, the processing system being at least configured to:

determine whether or not any of the at least one piece of terminal identification information contained in the signal received by the signal receiver corresponds to the stored terminal identification information; and

when the determination is made that one of the at least one piece of terminal identification information corresponds to the stored terminal identification information, request a wireless connection to the relay device; and

a data interface configured to transmit or receive data to or from the server device via the relay device by wireless communication.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2012
From: KIMURA, MASATO
To: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027901/0339 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-209729 · Sep 26, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130080644A1 · Mar 28, 2013